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POLITICIAN

Maurice Yaméogo

1921 - 1993

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Maurice Nawalagmba Yaméogo (31 December 1921 – 15 September 1993) was the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, from 1960 until 1966. "Monsieur Maurice" embodied the Voltaic state at the moment of independence. However, his political ascension did not occur without difficulties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Yaméogo has received more than 187,735 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Maurice Yaméogo is the 7,716th most popular politician (up from 8,530th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Burkina Faso and the 5th most popular Burkinabe Politician.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maurice Yaméogo ranks 7,716 out of 15,577. Before him are Zu Yi, Emperor Ai of Jin, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yusof Ishak, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, and Emperor Go-En'yū. After him are Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Marfa Sobakina, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Nizamuddin Auliya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Maurice Yaméogo ranks 130. Before him are César Baldaccini, Gavriil Ilizarov, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Angelo Dundee, Arno Babajanian, and Philippe de Gaulle. After him are Wolfgang Lotz, Jaroslav Drobný, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Georges Mathieu, Giovanni Benelli, and Alain Mimoun. Among people deceased in 1993, Maurice Yaméogo ranks 76. Before him are Nina Berberova, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Pierre Bérégovoy, Desanka Maksimović, E. P. Thompson, and John Connally. After him are Wolfgang Lotz, Jan Gies, John Tuzo Wilson, René Pleven, Salah Jadid, and Héctor Lavoe.

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In Burkina Faso

Among people born in Burkina Faso, Maurice Yaméogo ranks 5 out of 38. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), and Michel Kafando (1942). After him are Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Saye Zerbo (1932), Philippe Ouédraogo (1945), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Idrissa Ouédraogo (1954), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), and Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Burkina Faso

Among politicians born in Burkina Faso, Maurice Yaméogo ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Sankara (1949), Blaise Compaoré (1951), Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (1957), and Michel Kafando (1942). After him are Sangoulé Lamizana (1916), Saye Zerbo (1932), Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo (1942), Gilbert Diendéré (1960), Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965), Luc-Adolphe Tiao (1954), and Paul Kaba Thieba (1959).

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